Testicular changes in newborn rats exposed to phototherapy

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 333-336

  Koc H ^a   Altunhan, H ^a   Dilsiz, A ^a   Kaymakci A ^a   Duman, S ^a   Oran, B ^a   Erkul, I ^a  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Phototherapy; Testicular changes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TESTIS DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LITTER SIZE; MALE; OVARY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREGNANCY; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULES; TESTICULAR DISEASES; TESTIS;

EID: 0033037048     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900131     Document Type: Article

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